Obesity and its relationship to coronary heart disease [7]

European Heart Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 23, 2007, Pages 2953-2954

  Das, Undurti N ^a  

^a UND LIFE SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPONECTIN; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; INSULIN RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 6; LEPTIN; LIPOPROTEIN LIPASE; MESSENGER RNA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADIPOSE TISSUE CELL; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BODY MASS; DYSLIPIDEMIA; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LETTER; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT;

CORONARY DISEASE; HUMANS; OBESITY;

EID: 36849004984     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehm472     Document Type: Letter

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